Track listing

Origin of tracks

• Tracks 1–10 from 39/Smooth
  39/Smooth
  -Personnel:* Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar* Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals* John Kiffmeyer – drums, percussion, backing vocals* Andy Ernst – producer, engineer...
  
  (1990)
• Tracks 11–14 from the extended play Slappy
  Slappy
  -Personnel:* Billie Joe Armstrong - lead vocals, guitar* Mike Dirnt - bass, backing vocals* Al Sobrante - drums* Aaron Cometbus - backing vocals, "teeth" on "Knowledge"-Notes:* The dog on the cover of Slappy was known as Mickey...
  
  (1990)
• Tracks 15–18 from the extended play 1,000 Hours
  1,000 Hours
  -Notes:* According to Dirnt, the song "Dry Ice" took 18 times to record because Al Sobrante kept making mistakes while drumming. At the end of the song, you can hear the band shout "yes, yes, we did it"....
  
  (1989)
• Track 19 from The Big One, a compilation from Flipside Records that featured bands from the East Bay and Los Angeles.

Personnel

• Billie Joe Armstrong
  Billie Joe Armstrong
  Billie Joe Armstrong is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day...
  
   – lead vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Mike Dirnt
  Mike Dirnt
  Michael Ryan Pritchard is an American musician, best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and co-founder of the American Rock band Green Day. While at school, he would play "air-bass." While pretending to pluck the strings, he made the noise, "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt"...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• John Kiffmeyer
  John Kiffmeyer
  John Kiffmeyer , was born on July 11, 1969. He was the first drummer of the punk rock/alternative rock band Green Day. He was given his nickname in reference to his hometown, El Sobrante.-Biography:...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  , backing vocals

• Andy Ernst
  Andy Ernst
  Andy Ernst aka Andro Ernst, is a music producer, engineer, musician, songwriter, from San Francisco. Artist’s he's worked with include: Green Day, AFI, Sway & King Tech, Rancid, Tiger Army, The Nerve Agents, Malo, Link 80, Screeching Weasel, Swingin' Utters, Screw 32, Good Riddance, Fury 66,...
  
   – producer, engineer
• Chris Appelgren – artwork, research, construction, video archives
• Cathy Bauer – research, video archives
• Murray Bowles – photography
• Aaron Cometbus – artwork, construction
• Devil Doll – research, video archives
• Rich Gargano – artwork, construction
• John Golden – mastering
• Susie Grant – photography, cover photo
• Green Day – producer
• David Hayes – artwork, construction
• Erika Hynes – research, video archives
• Pat Hynes – artwork, design, layout design
• Patrick Hynes – artwork, design, layout design, construction, enhanced CD audio creation, enhanced CD design, enhanced programming
• Ted Jensen – remastering
• Jesse Michaels
  Jesse Michaels
  Jesse Michaels is a songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and artist from Berkeley, California. He is the son of the deceased author Leonard Michaels. His lyrics deal with politics, racism, and general social issues.-Musical overview:...
  
   – artwork, design, cover art, construction
• Arica Pelino – photography, research, video archives
• Shane Stacy – research, video archives
• John Yates – artwork, design, layout design, packaging, construction